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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, January 11, 1758
London, Jan. 11. 1758. I thank you for your Account of the Aurora. 4 A very considerable one appear’d here the same Evening, being Saturday, Nov. 12. I did not…
Recipient
Letters to John Bartram
B. 1699 · D. 1777
John Bartram was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus spoke of him as the "greatest natural botanist in the world." Bartram corresponded with and shared North American plants and seeds with a variety of scientists in England and Europe.
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6 letters
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, February 14, 1765
London, Feb. 14. 1765 Dear Friend, I received your kind Letter of Decemr 19. 1 Our Friend Peter 2 is not dead, as you apprehended; but, Thanks to Heaven, as…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, January 9, 1769
London, January 9, [–28], 1769. My Dear old Friend: I received your kind letter of November 5, and the box directed to the King is since come to hand. 1…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, January 11, 1770
London, Jan. 11, 1770. My ever dear Friend: I received your kind letter of Nov. 29, with the parcel of seeds, for which I am greatly obliged to you. I…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, July 17, 1771
London, July 17. 1771 My good and dear old Friend, I received your kind Letter of April 29. wherein you complain of your Friends here not writing to you. I…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, August 22, 1772
London, Aug. 22. 1772 My dear old Friend, I received your kind Letter of May 10. I am glad the Rhubarb Seed got safe to hand. I make no doubt…